Shirt



c'. TUTEL'MAN SHIRT Filed Jan. f5, 19245 Patented July 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES cem'. TUTELMAN, or HILADEIlIA-t,

SHIRT. j

application nietijiaauery 5,1624. seriai no. 684,653,

@allan/rami? may @fore-Garfi: Ba it known thaale @aan Taramas, a citizen of the yUnited States, VVresiding at Philadalplnlae in the, County Q Philadelphia and- Stata of Pennsylvania, hara invented certain new and useful Improvements snif-ee; eed I hereby eeeleee eee ene fell lowingisa full, clear, *andn exact description thereof, reference beinghaol tothe accompanying drawings, which form part of this epeeieeeeien.

vThis invention relates to improyements in shirts, rand the principal objects thereof are to provide novel means for holdingthe shirt down. in proper position when applied .12.0 thewearer, and to prevent the tail. portions from Working upwardly, and. t0 pravanttlla tail? portions from: bunching-L orv collecting about the. hips or thighs of the wearer. p

`I will explain theinyention with refer;- enceto the accompanying drawings which illustrate one practicable embodiment thereof to enable others to adoptgalid use the same, and will summarize inthe claims, the novel features of construction and novel combinations of partsl for which protection is desired. I

In-the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an. extended plan View-of a shirt showlngmy novel attachment. y

Fig; 2 is a part front View ,of the shirt in part closed position. Fig. 3 a longitudinal section through the'shirt in closed position. Y Y

As shown in the drawings, the. shirt S, upon which my novel tapeV is used, maybe either a top, work, or dress Vshirt preferably ofthe coatvtype or' style,tlie particular kind kof coat type shirt forming no part of the present invention, said shirt comprising a back S, and sides S2, S3 united to the back Sgbymeans of side seams S4, S5. The sides S2, S3 arefadapted to meet in Vcoat fashion at the front' center of' the wearer, and to be heldtogether byv` means of buttons engaging button holes in'the usual4 manner,y orif:v desired any other type of fastening mea'nsmay be' used'.` The ybutton edges of the back, S andzsidesSz, S, are. preferably rounded' or Crafted aa, Shawn; in, the nall marinai all 50 f-hugh e Said alsa naar ba' 0f' any1. other d? Srad Shanae l, The lower outer cornersy of At tions S123 S3, are preferably, Square., and in. the lower outer corner of said Vside portion S? is a button 1 adapted to engage a button hole laf inthe lowerouter corner ofthe op.;

, e side poreY posite sider portion vS3` when the portions Sp?,

S3V are brought together in coat fashion, f.

A tape 2, preferably continuous, is prorjided on the under side ofthe shirt ,adjacent ene lower eene eneeeef, een ape-@mariene amenlbar 2a.' amending' daeanall'y. upwardly aereas thasdaparton St fram the, bnflton'l to' the larval @Xtranlityal fthe SeannV St A Secaed tapa. member 2l. ,eatendre aliasenally .downwardly from .the .inner Aenflf f Bamba/112% aafla@ aaamt t0 alle lnweedge ai' alla back Saa the aantarthaoff A third tapa member V2 ,extends diaet@e nallyeurwallly Sylnnletliaally Wlthtapa 2', from the lower edge of back S at the center thereof to the lower Vextremity of side Seam Sie A,k fourth tape member 2d, symmetrical with tapef, extends diagonally, downwardly from the adjacent end of ltape 2c,yat -the seam S5, and terminates at the button. hole l, All tape members 2a, 211,.'2nand 2d are preferably about three-fourths of' an inch 80 less in length than the' length 1of material between their respective ends, forthe purpose hereinafter specified.. Ifdesired, the members 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d couldrall beA made separately instead ofV being-integral with the tape 2. l l, i n,

A crotch tape 3, depends from thecenter 0f the baCkpS., aS .Showneaadtapa' being sewed to the back of the shirt and to the adjacent ends of tapeA members 2l?, 2c. Tape 3 is preferably about.. nine inches length, and the outer end of tape 3 is provided with a plurality of buttonl holes Y3a, any one' of s which holes 3,a isadaptedto be engaged by the button l, when the shirt is applied to 95 thejwearer, strap 3 being passedundertlie @rotan of the wearer-,.and upwardly. ,t0 ;msat the front of the shirt, Vin.;or-'der that button crotch strap 3, said tape. members tending to hold the shirt down at the front sides and back andmembers 2a, 2b, 2G, 2d further pre# venting the material of the shirt from collecting or bunching at thehips or thighs of' the wearer, as is experienced by the wearer with""`shirt s not provided withgmeans for preventing same; They tape members tend to fit closely tothe body of the wearer and difference between the lengths of the said tape members and the lengths of the shirt materialbetween the respective ends of each Vsu tape member, permitsthe desired fullness of the shirtmaterial between the ends of each tape, but. prevents bunching of the shirt material at any portion of the waist of the shirt. i i

By my novel attachment, the shirt is held down'nby` fastening the single button l, which fastens the lower corners of the sides S2, S3 of the shirt together, and likewise connects the crtch tape 3 attached to baclrS to the lower edge of the frontv of said shirt.

The tape members 2a, 2", Qc and 2d relieve the' strain on the'shirt material itself when applied to :the wearer, and also relieve the A strain of the material around the connection .of the crotch strap l3 to the back S of the shirt.

Iy do'not limit my invention tothe exact construction shown in the drawings, for obviously changes could be made in the details of the construction without ,departing from the scope of the invention. `I claim:`

l. Incombination with a coat type shirt, a Ytape attached to the lower outer corners and at intervals along the lower edge of said shirt; said tape being of less length than the length of the lower edge of said shirt;` means'for fastening the lower cori' ners of said shirt together; and a crotch strap extending from the center of the back of said shirt and adapted to be attached to saidffastening meansat the front of the '2. In combination with a coatvtype shirt, a tape lattached to the lower outer corners and at intervals along the lower edge of said shirt; saidtape being of less length than the lower edge of said shirt; means for fastening the lower corners of said shirt together; a crotch strap extending from the center of the back of said shirt Vand adapted to be attached'tosaid fastening means at-the front of said shirt; and means for varying the effective length of said strap.

3. In combination with a coat type shirt, a tape extending along the under side of said shirt adjacent the lower edge thereof; the vends of said tape being attached to the lower outer corners of said shirt, and the center of said tape being attached to the lower edge of the shirt back at the `4center thereof, and said tape being attached to one intermediate point between each outer corner andthe center of the back; said tape being of less length than the length of the lower edge of said shirt; means for fastening the said lower outer corners of said shirt together; and a crotch strap depending from the center of the shirt back and adapted r`to be attached to said fastening means at the front of said shirt.

t. In combination with a coat type shirt,

a continuous tape extending along the lower I edge of said shirt on the under side thereof; the outer ends of said tape being attached to the lower outer corners of said shirt, and the center of said tapebeing attached to the center of the back of said shirt at the lower ter of the shirt back and adapted to be fastened to said button at the front of said shirt; and means for adjusting the tive lengthof said strap.

5. In combination with a coat-type shirt effechaving a back portion, and side portions connected to said back portion by vertical seams; a tape extending along the lower edge of said shirt, said tape being attached to the shirt at the outer lower corners of the side portions and at the center of the'lower ed e ofthe back portion and at the lower en s of said seams respectively; said tapebein of less length than the lower edge of said shirt; a button at one lower corner adapted to engage a button hole at the other lower corner of side portions of the shirt; and a vertically depending crotch strap attached to the center back of said shirt and adapted to be passed upwardly under the crotch of said wearer; and to be fastened to said button. -1 V y6. In combination with a coat-type shirt having aback portion, and side portions connected to said back portion by vertical seams,

a continuous tape extending around the' Vunder side of said shirt adjacent the lower the lower edge, and at the lower ends of said of said shirt, and adapted to be passed side seams respectively; said tape being of upwardly under the crotch of said wearer 10 less length than the length of the lower edge and to he fastened to said button; and a pluof said shirt; a button at one lower corner rality of button holes in said strap for ad- 5 adapted to engage a button hole at the other justing the effective length thereof.

lower corner of side portions of the shirt In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as when said shirt is applied to the wearer; a my own, I affix my signature. erotch strap depending from the center back CARL TUTELMAN. 

